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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Where's Roger?
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Hard to believe this "bee-loud glade" is on one of the busiest corners in the whole city. It's where the Empress Hotel keeps its bees and is also home to Roger, the resident Yellow-bellied Marmot. How Roger arrived on the island (there are no native yellow-bellied Marmots here) and why he chose to live in the garden of the Empress Hotel are mysteries that are unlikely to be solved but he has been there on the corner of Government and Humboldt Streets since 2008. However, when I went there today he was not in evidence, no doubt napping during the heat of the day in his burrow. Click HERE to see some pics of him I took a few years ago.
All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
Situated on the far west coast of Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia. Its benign climate (the warmest winters in Canada) and placid lifestyle make it a favorite retirement location as well as a popular tourist destination. About 400,000 people live in Victoria and adjacent communities.
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All Photos and text on this blog by Benjamin Madison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For Permission to use write: madison at almudo dot fastmail dot us
2 comments:
Handy for the bees. Thanks for the previous link- Roger's quite distinguished looking.
I hope Roger's OK!
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